Ted Cruz

There's also a balance that President Trump and the Trump administration are trying to strike, which is we've seen the price of oil drop dramatically from $100 a barrel to down just around $60 a barrel, a little bit lower.

That has weakened almost every bad guy in the world.

That has weakened Russia.

That has weakened Iran.

That has weakened Venezuela and Maduro because—

It is, I guess God has a sense of humor in that many of the worst players on planet Earth depend upon oil revenues.

They're in many ways petro-tyrants.

Now, Maduro's not.

Maduro is inmate number 257-whatever.

But he used to be.

But I'll say this.

Look, there is a balance because from a U.S.

national security interest, look, oil and gas and energy are powerful weapons against our enemies and to buttress America.

But you don't want to slash the price of oil so dramatically that you devastate U.S.

producers.

And as you know, I talk to—I represent Texas.

I talk to a lot of U.S.

producers.

And I will say—

At down around $60, $70 a barrel, you see what we've got now, which is gas prices at about two, three bucks a gallon, depending on what part of the country you're in.